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Today we decided to explore the north end of the island, and considering the whole Caye is only 5 miles long, this was not exactly hard. Near the top of the island there is a channel of water (called the 'Split') about 25m wide which was carved by Hurricane Hattie, and then widened by hand by the locals. There is sea either side, but you can swim straight across to the piece of land opposite that used to be joined on. Relatively few people live on the opposite side of the split compared to the mainland, but apparently a lot of the land is being sold off to tourism property developers, which is a shame.
Before swimming across, we had a sit in the sun in a sanded area to do a bit of people (/dog) watching. There was a really cute, scruffy dog running around, carrying bits of wood and coconut leaf about, and just generally being cute. Suddenly, the dog stopped right by me and Matt, started sniffing the ground, and digging a hole in the sand. Once he had finished tunnelling, he started barking at the hole he had made, and suddenly a little crab jumped out of it. The dog chased it round in circles, jumping every time the crab pinched at his nose, but neither of them were backing down in this face off (or claw/muzzle off!) That's my kind of entertainment!
After Matt dragged me away from the crab/dog spectacle, we swam our way across the Split. Pulling ourself up from the sea filled with colourful fish, we were met by a beautiful beach filled with so many hermit crabs scurrying about in the sand, stork-type birds and lots of spiny tailed iguanas and little geckos peering at us from in the trees.
Walking back later that day, I saw your ideal man, Mum. He owns an outdoor cat sanctuary in the centre of Caye Caulker, and treats all the sick and injured cats on the island from his own medical supplies. They call him one of the local heroes of Caye Caulker, and he is known as Cat Ken, if you want to look him up ;)
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